PSC golf from Tropical Bert’s
Tuesday, Oct. 16, Greenwood – Stableford
Well the question was ‘would it rain?’, it always rains but with Greenwood well up the road there was at least a chance we would get away with it, and pigs might fly! Still, we climbed aboard transport and the heavens looked quite good. The drive up there was pleasant and we arrived in quite good weather.
Booking in here is usually swift but we were met with the usual, ‘carts on path only’, still, off we went to the start where we were told we were to play the C & A in that order. Soon away we were surprised that the caddies said we were able to go on the fairways, this made a big difference as the heat and humidity rose fast and all the players really struggled.
Friday’s winners with one of Bert’s finest.
The course was really in quite good condition and the fairways were nice and green, although they were a bit soggy, and it was seen that some places where the grass is usually cut short was left long as the staff obviously could not cut it. The ball also had no or little run. As we went around it continued to be hot and humid and the greens started to get dry and fast.
It was a lovely day, and as first group we finished in nice sunshine and were soon in the changing room and a cooling shower, then onto the front patio and the downstairs restaurant. Then we saw the heavens open and the rain came down very heavily, and the roads flooded. But we had beaten it had we not? Well no, the last couple of groups got soaked. Nothing new!
We waited a long time in the restaurant until the rain slowed, then left. It was a nightmare drive, the roads were flooded and the rain hammered down. We also got into a tailback as some heavy vehicles had had a big crash. I say big because not only were the vehicles big, but they had run into the back of each other and formed a long area to drive around. Happy days!
Finally, very late, we got back, cold and miserable, but warm food and a warm atmosphere soon got the chill out of us. So to the winners:
In the A Flight, 0 to 17, we had the best scores. The winner with 39 points was Mikito Homma, with Mike Gaussa in second on 36 points and in third we had Brian Parish with 34 points ahead of Max Scott in fourth on 33.
In the B Flight we had Max Matthews as winner with 34 points then we saw what a tough day did to the B Flight. In second we had Dick Warberg with 30 points on count back over Keith Phillips in third. In fourth came Mick Coghlan with 28 points on count back over Joel Flor.
Near Pins: Nigel Perry, Mikito Homma
Friday, Oct. 19, Treasure Hill – Stableford
This is a course with a fine deal on at the moment, if you get there early enough. On this day we booked a tee off at 1000 hrs. and we were just on the edge. The deal is green fee, caddy fee and cart all for under a grand. Tremendous! Mind, as said on this day, we got there just as the carts started to run out.
Having a lot of ‘Golden Oldies’ we need carts, so as there is only one to a cart, the Manager graciously agreed that we could have two players per cart and one caddy should walk. This meant a large amount of adjustment, but being flexible we were soon away.
This course is at present undergoing a major upgrade, however on this day there was no talk of carts not being allowed on the green, nor were we expecting rain, after all miracles do happen. The course itself was not in too bad a condition, although with all the rain of late the rough was very tough, however the fairways were reasonable and the greens tricky. Mind, this is a course you can lose a lot of balls on if you are not playing well, and thus I used up all my spare water balls and some other besides.
Soon through the restaurant it was on the road and back to Bert’s. The presentation showed that the day had been difficult, however we did have one or two stars. In the A Flight, 0 to 18, the winner with 43 points was Brian Parrish ahead of Mashi Kaneta in second with 36 points and Mikito Homma in third with 34 points.
In the B Flight the winner was Max Matthews with 42 points ahead of Mick Coghlan with 37 points and Andre Van Dyke with 33 points.
Then as usual we put the world to rights. T.T.F.N.
Near Pins: Max Matthews, Graham Buckingham, Joel Flor, Mikito Homma
Long Putts: Brian Parrish, Mark West.
